Table wine represents the highest percentage on the wine market and the highest percentage of counterfeit and illegally produced wine. With the growth of what is now considered a global economy and the rapid expansion of wine-producing countries, it has become vital to understanding and verifying the origin and content of wine. Encouraging governments to test wine is largely linked to consumer protection and the proper taxation and distribution of alcoholic beverages. Production practices such as chaptalization and amelioration are common practices in wine production. In general, these practices are illegal unless explicitly approved by inspection services. The laws strictly regulate the amount of sugar that can be added to the must, and it can be applied only during the cold harvest when the amount of sugar in the must is not enough. These production practices are strictly prohibited in the production of quality and high quality wines in the E.U. and the United States (California).

The EIM-IRMS® method is able to determine the botanical origin of wine ethanol, ie. to detect the addition of sugar originating from sugar beet or any other sugar, as well as the addition of water to wine in known and unknown samples of wine, must and bulk wine.